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Rio Ave v Sporting Braga : Liga NOS match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 30th Aug, 19:00 BST, Estadio Dos Arcos, Vila do Conde

Carlos Corberan pays counterpart Sotiris Silaidopoulos a visit on Saturday evening in the Liga NOS, as their Sporting Braga and Rio Ave teams go head to head at the Estadio Dos Arcos. Form, head-to-head stats, predictions and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are all laid out below. We're here to give you everything you need to place an intelligent bet. We're tipping , but why not flip through the tabs and find the one you like best?


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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Rio Ave
30%
--
Draw
27%
--
Braga
43%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Braga 1-0
11%
--
Rio Ave 1-0
9%
--
Braga 2-1
9%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Braga 2-0
8%
--
Rio Ave 2-1
7%
--
Rio Ave 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Braga 3-1
4%
--
Braga 3-0
4%
--
Rio Ave 3-1
3%
--
Braga 3-2
2%
--
Rio Ave 3-0
2%
--
Rio Ave 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
54%
--
Home 1st Goal
45%
--
Away 1st Goal
50%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
51%
--
BTTS - No
49%
--
BTTS - Home Win
14%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
19%
--
Home/draw
57%
--
Away/draw
70%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
--
Home DNB
49%
--
Away DNB
62%
--
Rio Ave win to nil
17%
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Braga win to nil
24%
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Win / draw / win Liga NOS table
Won
Draw
Lost
Rio Ave
Braga
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
S. Lisbon220086 
May 10
Dec 28
Mar 8
Oct 4
2
Braga220066 
Aug 30
Feb 8
-
-
3
Porto220056 
Sep 20
Feb 22
Mar 22
Nov 2
4
Famalicao220046 
Mar 1
Sep 27
Apr 19
Dec 7
5
Moreirense220026 
Feb 15
Sep 13
Nov 9
Apr 4
6
Benfica110013 
Jan 18
Sep 23
Dec 28
May 10
7
Gil Vicente210103 
May 3
Dec 21
Sep 13
Feb 15
8
Casa Pia210103 
Jan 4
May 17
Oct 25
Mar 15
9
V. Guimaraes2101-23 
Dec 14
Apr 26
Feb 22
Sep 20
10
Arouca2101-43 
Feb 1
Aug 23
Apr 12
Nov 30
11
Rio Ave101001 
-
-
Feb 8
Aug 30
12
Estoril2011-11 
Nov 2
Mar 22
May 3
Dec 21
13
Estrela Amadora2011-11 
Mar 15
Oct 25
May 17
Jan 4
14
Nacional2011-21 
d
 
1-1F
Jan 25
Sep 27
Mar 1
15
AVS2002-40 
Apr 19
Dec 7
Aug 23
Feb 1
16
Alverca2002-40 
Apr 4
Nov 9
Jan 25
w
 
0-3F
17
Tondela2002-40 
Oct 4
Mar 8
w
 
3-0F
Jan 18
18
Santa Clara2002-40 
Nov 30
Apr 12
Dec 14
Apr 26
Win / draw / win form
Rio Ave 11TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
7
Draw
10
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Rio Ave1 - 1Nacional
Rio Ave1 - 1Gil Vicente
Rio Ave2 - 0Estrela Amadora
Rio Ave1 - 1Santa Clara
Rio Ave0 - 2Boavista
Rio Ave2 - 3Benfica
Rio Ave2 - 1Braga
Rio Ave1 - 1AVS
Rio Ave2 - 2Porto
Rio Ave0 - 3S. Lisbon
Rio Ave2 - 1Nacional
Rio Ave2 - 2V. Guimaraes
Rio Ave3 - 2Moreirense
Rio Ave2 - 2Casa Pia
Rio Ave1 - 1Famalicao
Rio Ave2 - 2Estoril
Rio Ave1 - 0Arouca
Rio Ave1 - 0Sporting Farense
Rio Ave1 - 1Benfica
Rio Ave2 - 1V. Guimaraes
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HRio Ave1 - 1Nacional
HRio Ave1 - 1Gil Vicente
ARio Ave3 - 3Nacional
HRio Ave2 - 0Estrela Amadora
ARio Ave0 - 3V. Guimaraes
HRio Ave1 - 1Santa Clara
ARio Ave2 - 0Moreirense
HRio Ave0 - 2Boavista
ARio Ave1 - 2Casa Pia
HRio Ave2 - 3Benfica
ARio Ave0 - 1Famalicao
HRio Ave2 - 1Braga
ARio Ave1 - 2Estoril
HRio Ave1 - 1AVS
ARio Ave1 - 1Arouca
HRio Ave2 - 2Porto
ARio Ave2 - 1Sporting Farense
HRio Ave0 - 3S. Lisbon
ARio Ave1 - 1Gil Vicente
HRio Ave2 - 1Nacional
Braga 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
D
4
L
4
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Alverca0 - 3Braga
Casa Pia2 - 1Braga
Famalicao1 - 1Braga
Estoril0 - 2Braga
S. Lisbon1 - 1Braga
Sporting Farense0 - 1Braga
Rio Ave2 - 1Braga
V. Guimaraes0 - 0Braga
Moreirense1 - 2Braga
Estrela Amadora0 - 1Braga
Benfica1 - 2Braga
Santa Clara0 - 2Braga
AVS0 - 1Braga
Arouca1 - 2Braga
Porto2 - 1Braga
Nacional0 - 3Braga
Gil Vicente0 - 0Braga
Boavista0 - 1Braga
V. Guimaraes2 - 3Braga
Benfica3 - 1Braga
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
12
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
13
Draw
5
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABraga3 - 0Alverca
HBraga3 - 0Tondela
HBraga1 - 1Benfica
ABraga1 - 2Casa Pia
HBraga1 - 1Santa Clara
ABraga1 - 1Famalicao
ABraga2 - 0Estoril
HBraga4 - 1AVS
ABraga1 - 1S. Lisbon
HBraga2 - 1Arouca
ABraga1 - 0Sporting Farense
HBraga1 - 0Porto
ABraga1 - 2Rio Ave
HBraga1 - 0Nacional
ABraga0 - 0V. Guimaraes
HBraga2 - 0Gil Vicente
ABraga2 - 1Moreirense
HBraga3 - 0Boavista
ABraga1 - 0Estrela Amadora
ABraga2 - 1Benfica
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Rio Ave since 2015
Rio Ave
Braga
Goals: Scored
12
9
Games: Scored
7 / 9
4 / 9
Clean sheets
5 / 9
2 / 9
RIO
5
D
2
BRG
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Rio Ave
Rio Ave2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
2 - 3Braga
Draw0 - 0Draw
Rio Ave4 - 3
1 - 2Braga
Rio Ave1 - 0
Rio Ave1 - 0
Rio Ave1 - 0
League games at Braga since 2016
Braga
Rio Ave
Goals: Scored
22
5
Games: Scored
9 / 9
5 / 9
Clean sheets
4 / 9
0 / 9
D
2
BRG
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Braga
Braga4 - 0
Braga2 - 1
Braga2 - 0
Braga3 - 0
Braga2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Braga2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Braga5 - 1
Goal Statistics
Rio Ave 11th Braga 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
32%
1
37%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 69% probability that Rio Ave will score no more than 1 goal
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Braga will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+9
Rio Ave’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+1
Braga’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.5
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
0.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Liga NOS - 2025/2025 season
Rio Ave
PG (predicted goals)
Braga
1.1
1.4
Attack rating
0%
better
RIO
BRG
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
0%
better
RIO
BRG
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Rio Ave v Braga Liga NOS lLine ups will show here when available.

Rio Ave Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
1111
C MisztaClaytonA LuizJ Novais
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Miszta GLK1
-
N Abby DEF1
-
A Ndoj DEF1
-
J Panzo DEF1
-
M Vrousai  DEF1
-
F. Petrasso DEF1
-
N Athanasiou DEF1
-
G Liavas MID1
-
T. Bakoulas MID1
-
O Pohlmann MID1
-
B Aguilera MID1
-
J Novais MID1
1
-
A. Papakanellos MID1
-
A Luiz FWD11
1
-
M Gual FWD1
-
Clayton FWD11
-
Braga Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2231
L HornicekR HortaL LeloV Carvalho
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Hornicek GLK2
-
L Lelo DEF23
-
B Arrey-Mbi DEF2
-
V Gómez DEF2
-
P Oliveira DEF2
-
G Lagerbielke DEF2
-
V Carvalho MID21
1
-
M Dorgeles MID2
-
D. Oliveira Rodrigues MID21
-
Gorby MID2
-
R Fernandes FWD21
1
-
A Ouazzani FWD21
-
P Victor FWD21
-
R Horta FWD22
-
R Zalazar  MID1
-
I Gharbi FWD1
-
G Martínez FWD1
-